Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: quote
IPA transcription: [kw'oʊt]
Pronunciations of quote
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verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: quote, cite
    Meaning: repeat a passage from; "He quoted the Bible to her"
Usage examples
  • We quote engineer Anderson's story:
  • I quote the story in his own words:
  • To quote again from "Mary's" letter:--
  • I can quote to you thousands of instances....
  • On this subject we may again quote William James.
  • We quote the following from the "Percy Anecdotes:"--
  • Do not quote poetry; do not ask people's opinions on delicate and individual questions.
  • Next there followed a few reflections of a correctitude so remarkable that I have no choice but to quote them.
  • This Ballade is the companion of the Fantaisie-Polonaise, but as a Ballade "fully worthy of its sisters," to quote Niecks.
  • In other words, only those passages in the bible are authentic which the clergy quote; those which the rationalists quote are spurious.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Thomas Jefferson, License CC BY-SA 4.0